moto_man
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| Kind of Blue This is an incredibly tough question, given that jazz varies so much. KOB is obviously a classic, of course, as is Take Five. But my go-to morning coffee recording is Bill Evans Live at the Village Vanguard -- a masterpiece. I am also a vibraph... | |
| Overkill for small room So I have a small music room, 11.5 x11.5 x 9.5. I have Wilson Sabrina X's, a REL s/510 sub, an MSB DAC, ARC REF 6 preamp and a Pass Labs 250.8. The Wilsons are fantastic in my room . . . very pleased. I can't say anything about the Dynaudios, ... | |
| Help with XLR ICs. I have an ARC REF 6, and I use Shunyata Anaconda XLR's, which can be had used at very reasonable prices. In fact, I have a Shunyata loom because I think that their cables sounded so good in my system. I have them between my MSB DAC and the ARC R... | |
| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review This has been discussed many times. TAS, Stereophile and others always publish glowing reviews. A careful read though gives you subtle clues that the reviewer liked his other equipment better. They live on advertising, and what manufacturer wan... | |
| The Music Room I have nothing but good things to say about TMR. I have sold them several pieces of equipment when I either didn't get any interest here or USAM, or wanted to move the piece because I had another waiting in the wings. Yes, you will not get what ... | |
| Rockport Avior 2 vs Wilson Sasha DAW I am not as fortunate, in that I have a very small dedicated music room, 11.5x11.5x9.5. My Wilson dealer advised me to get the Sabrina X’s for my size room, which he thought would be too small for the Sasha DAW, but would give about 85% of the D... | |
| Neat "Tweaks" to improve the SQ of your streamed music!!! I will second the Puron conditioner. For $200, it is a silly and definitely not subtle improvement to SQ. I put two of them into my system, let them run for 24 hours and then did some serious listening. At first, I had picked well recorded "tes... | |
| Ethernet cables Im of the belief that everything that you do in your system has the potential for making a difference. Whether that difference can be heard or not depends on the resolution of your system. Whether that difference can be heard and is worth the ad... | |
| power cord for pass 250.8 I have a past labs 250.8. I’ve gone through three differen on it. First I started with the stock cable. Then I replaced it with a Morrow Audio MAP3 power cord, which was a definite and distinctive improvement over the stock cable. Then I swapped i... | |
| The time has come and I request advice... I have to disagree with @ghdprentice on the viability of Roon. It is well-supported by manufacturers, and IMHO, is a fantastic product, that works great (for me), gives me great info on groups and albums that I did not know, and supplements my ext... | |
| RCA to XLR (Anthem MRX to dan d'agostino progression) MSB makes a characteristically fantastic RCA to XLR Converter. Each one weighs 1.8 lbs. and they are rock solid! Look them up. (Disclaimer: I have my pair for sale at US Audiomart) | |
| Dog pissed on speaker I use Zero Odor (blue and white bottle), available on Amazon. It gets rid of the odor and breaks down the urine. Works like a charm around the house for cat urine, much better than Nature's Miracle, which does nothing. Well it does something . ... | |
| The molecular level explanation of "cable burn-in" I believe that I can hear the difference between cables that I have put into my system. The physics of why that is the case . . . I haven't the slightest idea, although it seems like manufacturers believe that they need to say something to explai... | |
| The $10,000 Question Joseph Audio Pulsars used -- about $4-5k. A truly excellent speaker, especially for its price, shocking about of bass for a stand-mounted speaker. Amp: used Pass Labs 250.8 (about $6K used). That is a great combo for about $10K and the Pass will... | |
| What's up with the price of Vintage equipment? @vitussl101 nailed it. I was a freshman in high school in 1972. I and my buddy lusted after high end gear. I had a Harmon Kardon 430 as my first "good" receiver, a Phillips turntable with highly cool (for the time) LED touch sensor buttons, and ... |